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He likes Legos.

The Daily Grind: When’s the last time you changed mains in an MMO?

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In most MMOs, you have a main. In games like Final Fantasy XIV, it's your main jobs. In World of Warcraft, it's your main...

Tamriel Infinium: Ranking Elder Scrolls Online’s 10 races from worst to best

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One thing that I appreciate about Elder Scrolls Online is that any race can be any class. None of that racial or gender-locking for...
Effing OOPS

Perfect Ten: MMOs where you can play as robots and cyborgs

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Robots are, let's face it, very important. You might say that's not true, and to that I say: When you get to write the...

The Daily Grind: Do you get a bigger rush from healing or killing in MMOs?

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Ahh, that sweet hit of dopamine. Consciously or not, it's something that we chase in our MMORPG journeys. There's nothing quite like the rush...
Spath

Massively OP Podcast Episode 460: The crafting episode!

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Justin and Bree focus discuss all things crafting in MMORPGs in this theme show: our personal experiences with crafting, the real purpose of crafting, MMOs that did things differently, the impact of survival games, craft gating, missing crafts, the future of MMO crafting, and much more.

Choose My Adventure: Starting on the road to success and self-reliance in Nightingale

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A lot of the first few hours of Nightingale are tutorial. That's probably not terribly surprising considering survival sandboxes need some guidance (and it's...

The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on ‘backfilling’ in instanced MMO content?

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My husband and son have been playing a lot of Destiny 2 again, and a few weekends back I overheard them complaining about backfilling....

Former Bungie composer announces he doesn’t want to enter politics but is running for Congress anyway

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Most people nowadays can only dream of being able to retire in general comfort and security, but it looks as if former Destiny and...
With strong eye contact.

Wisdom of Nym: What people don’t really get about the Warrior of Light in Final Fantasy XIV

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Not so long ago, I saw a very foolish comment complaining about Final Fantasy XIV from someone who did not play or think about...

Fight or Kite: Myth of Empires’ early gameplay is classic survival fare, but not as amazing as the trailer

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A title like Myth of Empires rolls off the tongue like a turtle running down a flight of stairs: You can’t imagine how that...

The Daily Grind: So who thinks Camelot Unchained is really launching next year?

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Unchained Games fka City State Entertainment is one of the rare few studios that gets a standard disclaimer in our posts, and for those...
Oh look, quick development.

The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs in which you’d like to play a roguelike mode?

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Let's be clear about something: The MMO genre does not have zero overlap with the roguelike genre. I mean, the Diablo games exist in...

LOTRO Legendarium: Three key problems LOTRO can’t seem to solve

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There's a special agony reserved for faithful fans of a franchise when they see said franchise make unforced errors, decline in quality, or fail...

The Daily Grind: How far do you think Tarisland will go in today’s MMO climate?

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There are certainly a lot of developing MMO projects to keep tabs on these days, but one that stands out to me as a...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s Season of Wonder is evasive, but March scores critical hits

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Pokemon Go's Sinnoh Tours and Season of Timeless Travels are both behind us, and we're left with... World of Wonders? Based on the latest announcements...
Still.

Into the Super-verse: How City of Heroes shows its flexibility with how I’ve changed

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When City of Heroes waved farewell in 2012, I had an army of alts who were, at most, in their mid-30s. And I loved...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you kept installed the longest whether you play it or not?

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A few weeks back, I asked y'all about the MMOs that have a permanent place on your device, the ones you'll never uninstall. I...

Massively Overthinking: Always-online vs. offline modes in multiplayer games

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The Nightingale team's admission that players are clamoring for an offline version of the game - and that Inflexion is now planning to do...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Sinnoh Tour turned players into guinea pigs

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Both the Pokemon GO's Sinnoh Tour LA Tour and now the Global Tour have both ended, and while there are good points to be...

Massively Uplifting: Dragon Con and The Game Awards demonstrate the rise of awareness, accessibility, and inclusion

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It is not uncommon to spend the beginning of a year reflecting back on the old while looking forward to the new. That's something...

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